{"id":207293,"date":"2026-04-22T19:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/microsoft-issues-emergency-update-for-macos-and-linux-asp-net-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:32:56","slug":"microsoft-issues-emergency-update-for-macos-and-linux-asp-net-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/microsoft-issues-emergency-update-for-macos-and-linux-asp-net-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Microsoft released an emergency patch for its ASP.NET Core to fix a high-severity vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on devices that use the Web development framework to run Linux or macOS apps.<\/p>\n<p>The software maker <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dotnet\/announcements\/issues\/395\">said<\/a> Tuesday evening that the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-40372, affects versions 10.0.0 through 10.0.6 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection\">Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection<\/a> NuGet, a package that\u2019s part of the framework. The critical flaw stems from a faulty verification of cryptographic signatures. It can be exploited to allow unauthenticated attackers to forge authentication payloads during the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dotnet\/api\/system.security.cryptography.hmac?view=net-10.0#remarks\">HMAC validation<\/a> process, which is used to verify the integrity and authenticity of data exchanged between a client and a server.<\/p>\n<h2>Beware: Forged credentials survive patching<\/h2>\n<p>During the time users ran a vulnerable version of the package, they were left open to an attack that would allow unauthenticated people to gain sensitive SYSTEM privileges that would allow full compromise of the underlying machine. Even after the vulnerability is patched, devices may still be compromised if authentication credentials created by a threat actor aren\u2019t purged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2026\/04\/microsoft-issues-emergency-update-for-macos-and-linux-asp-net-threat\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2026\/04\/microsoft-issues-emergency-update-for-macos-and-linux-asp-net-threat\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft released an emergency patch for its ASP.NET Core to fix a high-severity vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on devices that use the Web development framework to run Linux or macOS apps. 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